I have submitted a book manuscript to a potential publisher, who will be looking at it and deciding whether or not to publish it. I should get a decision soon.The book is called No Ordinary People: Fifteen Friendships of C. S. Lewis, and it demonstrates the second "love" as described in Lewis' book The Four Loves. Covered in this book are Lewis' friendships with people like Harry Weldon, Stella Aldwinckle, Mary Shelley, Arthur C. Clarke, and Hugo Dyson. Stay tuned over the next few weeks.

If you wish to read some of my work, especially articles on C. S. Lewis, check out this link: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joel_Heck">Joel Heck on ResearchGate</a>.

Testimonies about this site's most important resource:

"Chronologically Lewis is the first search engine I go to anytime I need a Lewis question answered. As a resource for Lewis scholarship it's that important; it's that good." Charlie W. Starr, author of Light: C. S. Lewis's First and Final Short Story (Former professor of English and Humanities at a university in Kentucky)

"Chronologically Lewis is one of the best sources for fact checking dates and events in the life of C. S. Lewis. Joel Heck has provided the world of Lewis scholarship and enthusiasts a valuable resource." Professor Jerry Root, Wheaton College

"Heck has given Lewis scholars an incalculable gift with 'Chronologically Lewis.' What was once a 100,000 piece puzzle of trying to piece together the details of C. S. Lewis's life story is now a much more manageable 1,000 piece puzzle. It's really a brilliant aid." Dr. Adam Barkman, Associate Professor of Philosophy and the Chair of the Philosophy Department, Redeemer University College (Canada)

The following audio clip comes from Stella Aldwinckle, founder of the Oxford Socratic Club, who addressed the Oxford C. S. Lewis Society on January 24, 1984, under the title "Memories of the Socratic Club." The Socratic Digest is now available at Lulu.com. Used with permission of the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society and editors of a collection of essays and memoirs from the society (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Diaries: If you know of any published or unpublished diaries of people who knew C. S. Lewis, please contact me via email at HeckYes@aol.com. "Chronologically Lewis" continues to grow, but there is a limit to what I can add to that resource. Most of the major resources have been read for new information. There are probably a lot of references by undergraduates to studying with Lewis, most of them unpublished.

Some Biographical Information

Joel Heck

Dr. Joel Heck, Professor of Theology at Concordia University Texas, Austin, Texas, is the author or editor of fourteen books, four of them on C. S. Lewis, including reprints of the Socratic Digest and The Personal Heresy as well as his recently released book mentioned elsewhere on this page. He and his wife Cheryl have three grown children and three grandchildren.